fossilizedadj.

Brit.

/ˈfɒsl̩ʌɪzd/,

/ˈfɒsᵻlʌɪzd/, U.S.

/ˈfɑsəˌlaɪzd/

Forms: see fossilize v. and -ed suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fossilize v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < fossilize v. + -ed suffix¹.

1. That has been converted into or preserved as a fossil. Also in extended use in geology and other sciences.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [adjective] > fossilized

fossilized1794

fossilated1816

fossiled1828

fossilified1839

1794 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 84 408 This circumstance appears to distinguish them from fossilized bones.

1823 G. S. Faber Treat. Christian Dispensations I. iii. 124 No proper fossilized portion of the human subject has ever yet been detected.

1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 122 From the Gold Coast the export of gum (fossilized resin)..is trifling.

1956 R. Carrington Guide Earth Hist. (1958) v. 54 Particularly valuable to our palaeontologist time-detectives..are fossilized dung..and fossil trackways.

1980 M. Crichton Congo 289 Most diamond mines were at the sites of extinct volcanoes, in fossilized cones called kimberlite pipes.

1998 S. Orlean Orchid Thief 7 The courthouse..made of bleached stone pocked with fossilized seashells.

2007 Independent 11 Jan. 20/2 Scientists have found the fossilised remains of a 150 million-year-old stegosaurus in central Portugal.

2. That has been preserved unchanged; that has lost vitality or the capacity for development or change; out-of-date; fixed in attitude, form, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated

moth-frettenOE

antiquate?a1425

antique?1532

rusty1549

moth-eaten1551

musty1575

worm-eatenc1575

overyear1584

out of date1589

old-fashioned1592

out of date1592

worm-eat1597

old-fashion1599

ancient1601

outdated1616

out-of-fashion1623

over-aged1623

superannuateda1634

thorough-old1639

overdateda1641

trunk-hosea1643

antiquitated1645

antiquated1654

out-of-fashioned1671

unmodern1731

of the old school1749

auld-farrant1750

old-fangled1764

fossila1770

fogram1772

passé1775

unmodernized1775

oxidated1791

moss-covered1792

square-toeda1797

old-fashionable1807

pigtail1817

behind the times1826

slow1827

fossilized1828

rococo1836

antiquish1838

old-timey1850

out of season1850

moss-grown1851

old style1858

antiqued1859

pigtaily1859

prehistoric1859

backdated1862

played1864

fossiled1866

bygone1869

mossy-backed1870

old-worldly1878

past-time1889

outmoded1896

dated1900

brontosaurian1909

antiquey1926

horse-and-buggy1926

vintage1928

Neolithic1934

time-warped1938

demoded1941

steam age1941

hairy1946

old school1946

rinky-dink1946

time warp1954

Palaeolithic1957

retardataire1958

throwback1968

wally1969

antwacky1975

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > maintaining state or condition > [adjective] > incapable of progress

fossilized1828

fossil1859

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [adjective] > remaining after others of its kind

residuea1382

fossilized1861

survivalist1953

1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. xxiii. 193 There, indeed, you are among the French, the fossilized remains of the old régime.

1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. I. 260 A fossilized city..without enough life or juiciness in it to be susceptible of decay.

1861 A. P. Stanley Lect. Eccl. Hist. p. xxxviii The fossilised relics of the old Imperial Church.

1887 W. P. Frith Autobiogr. I. xviii. 228 The Academy ‘has changed all that’, as well as other fossilized rules.

1919 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. vi. ii. 185 The fossilized English of the school-marm and her books.

1981 G. S. Fraser Short Hist. Eng. Poetry ii. 25 The Fox and the Wolf..contains a fossilised couplet surviving from the late old English period.

2007 Gay Times Mar. 94/3 The group argues that the solution lies in altering the ‘fossilised’ way British schools are organised.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fossilized
释义	fossilizedadj. Brit. /ˈfɒsl̩ʌɪzd/, /ˈfɒsᵻlʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˈfɑsəˌlaɪzd/ Forms: see fossilize v. and -ed suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fossilize v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < fossilize v. + -ed suffix¹. 1. That has been converted into or preserved as a fossil. Also in extended use in geology and other sciences. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [adjective] > fossilized fossilized1794 fossilated1816 fossiled1828 fossilified1839 1794 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 84 408 This circumstance appears to distinguish them from fossilized bones. 1823 G. S. Faber Treat. Christian Dispensations I. iii. 124 No proper fossilized portion of the human subject has ever yet been detected. 1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 122 From the Gold Coast the export of gum (fossilized resin)..is trifling. 1956 R. Carrington Guide Earth Hist. (1958) v. 54 Particularly valuable to our palaeontologist time-detectives..are fossilized dung..and fossil trackways. 1980 M. Crichton Congo 289 Most diamond mines were at the sites of extinct volcanoes, in fossilized cones called kimberlite pipes. 1998 S. Orlean Orchid Thief 7 The courthouse..made of bleached stone pocked with fossilized seashells. 2007 Independent 11 Jan. 20/2 Scientists have found the fossilised remains of a 150 million-year-old stegosaurus in central Portugal. 2. That has been preserved unchanged; that has lost vitality or the capacity for development or change; out-of-date; fixed in attitude, form, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated moth-frettenOE antiquate?a1425 antique?1532 rusty1549 moth-eaten1551 musty1575 worm-eatenc1575 overyear1584 out of date1589 old-fashioned1592 out of date1592 worm-eat1597 old-fashion1599 ancient1601 outdated1616 out-of-fashion1623 over-aged1623 superannuateda1634 thorough-old1639 overdateda1641 trunk-hosea1643 antiquitated1645 antiquated1654 out-of-fashioned1671 unmodern1731 of the old school1749 auld-farrant1750 old-fangled1764 fossila1770 fogram1772 passé1775 unmodernized1775 oxidated1791 moss-covered1792 square-toeda1797 old-fashionable1807 pigtail1817 behind the times1826 slow1827 fossilized1828 rococo1836 antiquish1838 old-timey1850 out of season1850 moss-grown1851 old style1858 antiqued1859 pigtaily1859 prehistoric1859 backdated1862 played1864 fossiled1866 bygone1869 mossy-backed1870 old-worldly1878 past-time1889 outmoded1896 dated1900 brontosaurian1909 antiquey1926 horse-and-buggy1926 vintage1928 Neolithic1934 time-warped1938 demoded1941 steam age1941 hairy1946 old school1946 rinky-dink1946 time warp1954 Palaeolithic1957 retardataire1958 throwback1968 wally1969 antwacky1975 the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > maintaining state or condition > [adjective] > incapable of progress fossilized1828 fossil1859 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [adjective] > remaining after others of its kind residuea1382 fossilized1861 survivalist1953 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. xxiii. 193 There, indeed, you are among the French, the fossilized remains of the old régime. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. I. 260 A fossilized city..without enough life or juiciness in it to be susceptible of decay. 1861 A. P. Stanley Lect. Eccl. Hist. p. xxxviii The fossilised relics of the old Imperial Church. 1887 W. P. Frith Autobiogr. I. xviii. 228 The Academy ‘has changed all that’, as well as other fossilized rules. 1919 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. vi. ii. 185 The fossilized English of the school-marm and her books. 1981 G. S. Fraser Short Hist. Eng. Poetry ii. 25 The Fox and the Wolf..contains a fossilised couplet surviving from the late old English period. 2007 Gay Times Mar. 94/3 The group argues that the solution lies in altering the ‘fossilised’ way British schools are organised. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1794
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